Houston Chronicle

How to Test ODBC System's DSN

Data Source Name (DSN) settings connect to a database on a Windows system. Any user on the system can use the DSN to connect to the database. The DSN contains the username, password and server name ...
Ars Technica

ODBC: System DSN on Vista Biz to connect to SQL2005 on W2k3

Vista Business on a new laptop, just installed with Office2003 and all up to date. I want to create a system DSN so that MS Access can use an SQL2005 database on a W2k3 R2 server. I am logged on as ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Establish an ODBC Connection to the SQL Database

Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to the ...
Ars Technica

ODBC connections over the network

I have written a Java app that uses an ODBC System DSN to connect to a datasource (Access .mdb). In the past, I created System DSNs on remote computers and pointed them to the network share housing ...
Redmond Magazine

Create a DSN-Less Database Connection

You must have key connection information to connect any application with a data source (database), including Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle RDBMS, and others. The connection information includes ...